Community Step Up program

Lifemark Seniors Wellness in partnership with Acclaim Health and Mississauga Halton LHIN are pleased to have launched the Community Step Up Program. This program is designed to provide a rehabilitative care approach for older adults with multiple medical conditions, aiming to help reduce hospital visits, and prevent/delay placement in a long-term care facility.

Program details

The Community Step Up Program is a six-week program, free of charge for older adults who require a multi-disciplinary team to help restore their functional abilities, improve their quality of life, and allow them to live independently or with the support of a caregiver in a community setting.

Rehabilitative services for this program include: physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language pathology.

The Community Step Up Program has three locations to serve you:

The Village of Erin Meadows

2930 Erin Centre Blvd, Mississauga, ON L5M 7M4

Sheridan Villa Long Term Care Home

2460 Truscott Dr, Mississauga, ON L5J 3Z8

NEW - Birkdale Place Retirement Residence

611 Farmstead Dr, Milton, ON L9T 4M3

Ideal participants for this program include:

Seniors and older adults with one or more complex medical conditions

People with increasingly limited mobility (frail)

Those who could benefit from a multi-discplinary approach to rehabilatation (require 2 out of the 3 discplines including: physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language pathology)

People with conditions that will improve with rehabilitative care

Enroll in the Community Step Up program if you, your loved one or your client experiences one or more of the following:

Recent episode of acute care (hospital admission)

Sufferring from stroke, parkinson’s or other neurological disorders

Unsteady on feet

Loss of balance, strength, range of motion

Difficulties walking

Coughing while eating or taking longer to eat meals

Making modifications to foods or avoiding types of foods

Difficulty finding their words

Difficulty understanding what client is saying (excluding english as a second language challnges)